The genera Agathocles and Surenus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) tribal reassessment, redescription, new synonyms, and description of two new species
Author
Salini, S.
National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore, 560024, India
Author
Kment, Petr
0000-0002-7026-5691
Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ- 193 00 Praha 9 - Horní Počernice, Czech Republic sigara @ post. cz; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7026 - 5691
sigara@post.cz
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-04-14
4958
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510
559
journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.31
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Caystrus dubius
(Distant, 1921)
,
comb. nov.
(
Figs 125–129
)
Agathocles dubius
(unavailable):
Distant (1921a)
: 4
(list).
Agathocles dubius
Distant, 1921b: 42–43
(original description).
Holotype
:
♀
,
Laos
,
Luang Prabang
, Van Nham (BMNH).
Agathocles dubius
: Hoffmann (1935)
: 89 (catalogue);
Rider (1997)
: 402
(checklist).
Type
locality.
Laos
,
Luang Prabang Province
,
Van Nham
.
Type material examined.
Holotype
:
♀
, ‘Luang Prabang, / Van Nham. /
16.
III
.1918
. /
R
.
V
.de Salvaza [p] / Indo
China
. /
R
.
V
.de Salvaza. / 1918‒1 [p] // Type / H.
T
. [p, round label with red frame marginally] // BRIT. MUS. /
TYPE
No. / HEM. [p] 916 [hw, pink label] //
Agathocles
/ dubius / typus Dist. [hw] // Re-pinned / on stainless [p] //
CAYSTRUS
/ DUBIUS (Dist.) [hw] / det. P.
KMENT
2015 [p]’ (
BMNH
). The
holotype
is
14.63 mm
long, pronotum width across humeral angles
6.71 mm
. It is pinned, left metatarsus, right mesotarsus and both distiflagellomeres (
IV
) are missing.
Distribution.
Laos
(
Distant 1921b
).
Taxonomy.
Examination of the
holotype
and its comparison with species of
Agathocles
and
Caystrus
revealed that it markedly differs from the first genus and fits well the second one, especially in having the body short, more regularly oval and relatively flat, head relatively short, mandibular plates not expanded forward and strongly narrowing anteriad, pronotum with sharp margins, and pale brown dorsal colouration with longitudinal yellowish unpunctured lines along corial veins (cf.
Figs 125–126
). Therefore, we transfer this species to the genus
Caystrus
, resulting in a new combination:
Caystrus dubius
(Distant, 1921)
,
comb. nov.
We did not find any important differences between
C. dubius
and
C. obscurus
, but we leave the decision on their synonymy for a furure revision of
Caystrus
.